I recently returned from Zambia, where Our Sci is supporting research efforts by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) into the delivery of extension services to smallholder farmers. Specifically, CIMMYT wants to know if using technology to deliver site-specific extension advice changes farmer adoption of good agronomic practices and soil health building activities …
Over the past 18 months we have gathered feedback from many SurveyStack users (special thanks to OpenTEAM for their detailed feedback and continued support). Now we are beginning a major overhaul of the SurveyStack user interface (UI) and privacy settings in response to that feedback. In the first phase, which we hope to release in …
We are updating SurveyStack’s user interface and privacy settings this spring! Read More »
Icons of cooperative construction – Feature Photo by Shelby Cohron on Unsplash It’s been nearly a year since we first posted about the Common Profile. Since then, we’ve gotten so much excellent, experienced feedback from our partners & community members that we wanted to bring you an update. Thank you for working with us to build …
Happy spring! Here are some recent developments we’ve made at Our-Sci, based directly on feedback from the OpenTEAM fellows. The fellows program began in 2022, with a goal of “embedding systems of support to connect land stewards to the OpenTEAM technology ecosystem, simultaneously refining tools.” Genna Fudin, the fellow working with Quivira Coalition and Point …
If you missed the most recent farmOS community call, you can catch the recording here: farmOS Conventions Schema Discussion Greg and Octavio from the Our-Sci team presented the recent work they’ve been doing with systematizing conventions for farmOS using json schemas. If you’re interested in documentation, interoperability, or the nuts and bolts of making your …
Feature Photo by mk. s on Unsplash We’re pleased to announce some new survey options developed through community input: When we originally designed our interoperable survey tools like the Common Profile and Hylo Onboarding, we were focused primarily on the needs of farms and farmers. As our community has expanded and worked with these tools …
In contrast, this is an example of an uncommon profile. Feature Photo by Marin Tulard on Unsplash If you’ve been keeping up with the Question Set Library, one particular set stands out: the Common Profile. It’s used by a range of groups, has hundreds of entries, and came from an ongoing multi-stakeholder Collabathon– but how …
SurveyStack’s newest development in flexible, replicable data collection. What is the Question Set Library? Since the earliest days of Our-Sci, we’ve pursued a central goal: “How can we create more democratic ways for communities to answer a common question about the world?” SurveyStack developed out of a need to make multiple methods of data collection …
